Museum Collections

Louis XV coffee pot; raised pear-shaped body on three cast scroll feet with applied acanthus leaves on the legs and shield-shaped joints with horizontal bands surrounded by foliate garland, shells and topped with leaves; molded bands below the plain rim; circular, hinged, domed lid with applied, cast reeded bundles wrapped with bands around the rim; cast foliate medallion applied in the center around foliate finial; scroll and acanthus thumbpiece over the cylinder hinge and the foliate swagged hinge-plate with a leaf drop; applied, cast spout with a swag garland and shell motif over a shield and foliate drop below and a notched lip; cylindrical handle-socket with a reeded bundle wrapped in bands around the edge and a circular juncture surrounded by a foliate band; straight turned wooden handle (replacement); center of the body engraved with the Livingston family arms, surmounted by crest of a three-masted ship; banner below inscribed, "SPERO MELIORA" in roman letters; maker's marks struck on the underside.